Alexander Larman
Arts and Books Editor at The Spectator (World)
Theatre Critic at The Critic Magazine (UK)
Author of Power and Glory, Windsors at War, Crown in Crisis & Byron’s Women, etc. Books editor, @TheSpectator. Bylines: Observer, Critic, Telegraph, Spectator.
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21 hours ago |
thecritic.co.uk | Alexander Larman
This article is taken from the May 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. In the recent film The Critic, adapted from Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call, the eponymous theatre reviewer Jimmy Erskine, as played by Ian McKellen, cannot be regarded as a shining example of his profession.
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1 day ago |
thespectator.com | Alexander Larman
The critical reception to the second series of Andor has been nothing short of ecstatic. At the time of writing, it has a hugely impressive, near-unprecedented 99 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, far in excess of any other Star Wars movie or television spin-off.
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1 day ago |
spectator.co.uk | Alexander Larman
For all his many faults, Vladimir Putin is not without a jet-black sense of humour. The Russian president has given Donald Trump a painting. Many might have expected this to be a traditional piece of Russian art, depicting some rural scene, or perhaps something more avant-garde, from the contemporary Moscow movement. But no; Putin has instead sent Trump a picture of the aftermath of his assassination attempt last July.
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2 days ago |
spectator.com.au | Alexander Larman
Every Christmas, Easter and other public gathering, the Royal Family are faced with an unfortunate choice: what to do about the two pariahs in their midst? One of them, Prince Harry, is sulkily ensconced in Montecito, and tends mainly to pop up in this country when he’s fighting yet another legal battle.
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2 days ago |
spectator.co.uk | Alexander Larman
Every Christmas, Easter and other public gathering, the Royal Family are faced with an unfortunate choice: what to do about the two pariahs in their midst? One of them, Prince Harry, is sulkily ensconced in Montecito, and tends mainly to pop up in this country when he’s fighting yet another legal battle. The other, however, who has been even more of a public embarrassment over the past six years, resists any entreaty to remove himself from the spotlight.
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So Matthew Vaughn is to be knighted for ‘services to the creative industry’. Ye gods. Have these people seen Argylle? I wrote about the most divisive director in Hollywood last year for @Telegraph https://t.co/xoa0CHU0nc
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